registering for school

[pbreak]

I realize this isn't actually fun or anything, but I'm so old that when I used to register we used to have to do that shit on the telephone. First off, you were lucky just to finally get through - usually at 6am, and then you had to sit there for 2 hours or so picking courses one by one, then finding out that half of them are full and frantically try to work shit out. Now, you can tell which sections are already full in the first place, it works out any conflicts for you, and then you just press a button.... WOW, SO MUCH EASIER.

Thank you technoligy - *hugs*

[sidekick]

i just registered, too :)

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Originally Posted by Sidekick

i just registered, too :)

did you ever have to register the stupid way though? man did it suck.

[sidekick]

nah, that sounds terrible though. glad i missed that.

[crookedking]

when pbreak first went to school he had to go uphill in the snow...BOTH WAYS!

[yoko*]

Originally Posted by pbreak

I realize this isn't actually fun or anything, but I'm so old that when I used to register we used to have to do that shit on the telephone. First off, you were lucky just to finally get through - usually at 6am, and then you had to sit there for 2 hours or so picking courses one by one, then finding out that half of them are full and frantically try to work shit out. Now, you can tell which sections are already full in the first place, it works out any conflicts for you, and then you just press a button.... WOW, SO MUCH EASIER.

Thank you technoligy - *hugs*

I don't think I'm THAT old (20) but I still remember that telephone registering system @ sfu. It only changed like, a year ago as SFU was pretty behind in that sort of thing.

I hated how they would DISCONNECT you if you took too long to register. Then you'd have to press redial until you finally got through again after your 10th time trying.

[yoko*]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

nah, that sounds terrible though. glad i missed that.

I remember my first year when I registered for courses at UBC, they were using online registration system (i couldn't decide between SFU or UBC so I registered for courses @ both) while SFU still had the telephone registration system. I remember thinking that SFU's system was the stupidest ever and regretting my decison to stick to SFU.

It was brutalll.

[decypher]

i don't get to register till august :(

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Originally Posted by decypher

i don't get to register till august :(

that's sucks... there wont be a hell of a lot left by then, especially if you need to take any first year courses. Fortunately for me I'm technically in 3rd year (again) so I got to register earlier.

and as for you crookedqueen, I don't believe I'm much older than you so suck it!

[pbreak]

Originally Posted by yoko*

I remember my first year when I registered for courses at UBC, they were using online registration system (i couldn't decide between SFU or UBC so I registered for courses @ both) while SFU still had the telephone registration system. I remember thinking that SFU's system was the stupidest ever and regretting my decison to stick to SFU.

It was brutalll.

still regretting that decision?

[decypher]

the late registration form works wonders.

[crookedking]

i'm 25.

[yoko*]

Originally Posted by pbreak

still regretting that decision?

hehe sometimes yes, but then there are those mornings when I wake up a half hour before class and can still make it to class on time. Those days I thank goodness that I live right at the foot of burnaby mountain. Literally, one bus stop away from school...

[cinist]

i'm laughin right at ya peebunk, my dad brought up the same thing last month

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Originally Posted by yoko*

hehe sometimes yes, but then there are those mornings when I wake up a half hour before class and can still make it to class on time. Those days I thank goodness that I live right at the foot of burnaby mountain. Literally, one bus stop away from school...

do you live with your parents though? If so, then definitely a sound financial decision.

[Jingles]

Originally Posted by pbreak

I realize this isn't actually fun or anything, but I'm so old that when I used to register we used to have to do that shit on the telephone. First off, you were lucky just to finally get through - usually at 6am, and then you had to sit there for 2 hours or so picking courses one by one, then finding out that half of them are full and frantically try to work shit out. Now, you can tell which sections are already full in the first place, it works out any conflicts for you, and then you just press a button.... WOW, SO MUCH EASIER.

Thank you technoligy - *hugs*

ya. the whole tele-reg thang was sucky...this online way is almost too easy. Well , it is until there is a problem then it is supre shitty because fixing it is tough cookies.

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Originally Posted by Jingles

ya. the whole tele-reg thang was sucky...this online way is almost too easy. Well , it is until there is a problem then it is supre shitty because fixing it is tough cookies.

I'm pretty sure the down-side to the new way is still way better than the up-side of the old way.

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by pbreak

I realize this isn't actually fun or anything, but I'm so old that when I used to register we used to have to do that shit on the telephone. First off, you were lucky just to finally get through - usually at 6am, and then you had to sit there for 2 hours or so picking courses one by one, then finding out that half of them are full and frantically try to work shit out. Now, you can tell which sections are already full in the first place, it works out any conflicts for you, and then you just press a button.... WOW, SO MUCH EASIER.

Thank you technoligy - *hugs*

ugh, i remember having to use that system too. bullshit.

[bebu*funfun]

i have ACADEMIC courses this semester!!!!! kinda nutty.. right now im registered for a marketing course and a sociology for design course.

really really hate how my school pretty much forces me to take 6 courses or else i dont have prereqs for the spring semester..gonna try to find a loophole and only take 5 this semester. holy crap im halfway in my degree.

[pbreak]

Originally Posted by bebu*funfun

i have ACADEMIC courses this semester!!!!! kinda nutty.. right now im registered for a marketing course and a sociology for design course.

really really hate how my school pretty much forces me to take 6 courses or else i dont have prereqs for the spring semester..gonna try to find a loophole and only take 5 this semester. holy crap im halfway in my degree.

where do you go to school Bev?

[yoko*]

Originally Posted by pbreak

do you live with your parents though? If so, then definitely a sound financial decision.

Yes, wouldn't be able to go to work and school both on a fulltime basis without their help :)